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Tiny Brazilian Bank Is Focal Point
Of Central Bank's Investigation

BRASILIA -- Banco Marka SA, a tiny, relatively unknown Brazilian commercial bank, is at the heart of weighty accusations of central bank irregularities during the currency devaluation in mid-January.

The central bank has said it will justify the 30 million reals it pumped into the Rio de Janeiro-based bank in a report "likely" to be released this week. But a monetary authority official conceded that there may have been...